Improvement in cooking-stove covers or shields



H. W. vDE PUY.

Cooking Stove Covoi.0

No. 39.555. Patented Aug. I8, 1863.l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. DE PUY, OF JALAPA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSEILF AND DANIEL E.SOMES, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COOKING-STOVE COVERS OR SHIELDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,555, dated Angust-18, 1863.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. DE PUY, of Jalapa, in the county of Dodge,in the Territory ot Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Cooking Utensils and Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the yletters of reference markedthereon, in Which- Figure l represents a sectional elevation of the topof a stove or range and a kettle with my improvement. Fig. 2 is aperspective view ot' a combined stove cover and shield forkettlc-bottoms.

a aa a represent the top of the stove, to Which my improvement isattached. b b b b represent my combined stove cover and shield forkettlebottoms in position on the stove. c c c c c c c c show theinterior surface of the section of a kettle. The said shield' may beconstructed of sheet-iron or any other suitable metal, with a rim orange projecting around its upper edge, and having its body of sufficientdepth to receive that portion of any cooking utensil which extends belowthe top of the stove, with its bottom and sides so adjusted as to comeinto contact With the corresponding portions of the cooking utensil orto be slightly separated therefrom, the shield corresponding in shapeand dept-h to the liet tlc-bottom as nearly as may be convenient ordesirable. When in position', thefcombiinel cover and shield issupported by the rim or iange bearing upon the uppersurface ot' thestove or range, and a handle or bail may be so attached to it as tofacilitate its removal.

The advantages ot' my improvement over any other hitherto invented areas follows: First, cleanliness of the cooking utensils, which, notcoming in contact with the fire, remains free from soot; second,diminished weight of cooking utensils, because, not coming in contactwith the fire, they may be made entirely of tin or other thin metal;third, avoiding the necessity of covering the stove to prevent the glareof the fire and the escape of the smoke whenever the cooking utensilsare temporarily removed.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire: to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined lstove cover and shield, as shown in Fig. 2, when used inconnection with any cooking utensil, as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY W. DE PUY.

Witnesses:

J As. C. STRoUT, LYsANDEE HILL.

